News on Youtube Aug 1 2018

Andy Murray tested his surgically repaired hip in his first hard-court match in nearly 18 months, coming back for a 3-6 6-4 7-5 victory at the Washington Open against Mackenzie McDonald

It was evident how much it meant to the Scot, as he screamed in pure joy after winning match point

There were stretches when Murray played the way you would expect from a man working his back from an operation in January

He failed to convert any of the five match points he held while serving for the win against the American at 5-4 in the final set before eventually closing out the match three games later

Murray is a former No.1who owns two Wimbledon trophies plus another from the US Open

But he's ranked just 832nd now, on account of so much time away.He sat out the second half of last season because of the bad hip, and then didn't compete this year until June

This match was only his fourth of 2018.The fifth will come in the second round at Washington against Kyle Edmund, the man who overtook him as Britain's top-ranked man during Murray's injury absence

Murray dropped six of seven games to close the opening set, part of a stretch in which he was broken in four of five service games

But he also managed to show flashes of the form that carried him to three grand slam titles and a pair of Olympic gold medals

There was a cross-court passing winner at just the right angle.There was a full-sprint backhand flick of a lob winner

Plenty of muttering to himself between points, too.If Murray was hoping for a chance to test his hip, he got it

In other matches, Noah Rubin got past Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 6-4; Tim Smyczek beat Ricardas Berankis 7-6 (7-4) 6-2, and Malek Jaziri defeated Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-1

Rubin now faces No.2seed John Isner, Jaziri plays No.1seed and defending champion Alexander Zverev, while Smyczek meets Zverev's older brother, No

15 seed Mischa.Australians Jordan Thompson, James Duckworth, Alex de Minaur and Alex Bolt are all scheduled for first round matches on Tuesday